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The Contact Hypothesis
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Allport's contact hypothesis holds that contact between groups reduces prejudice only under conditions: equal status, shared goals, cooperation, and support from authority.
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A workplace team pursuing one target together meets the conditions; sharing a crowded platform with strangers meets none of them.
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Contact without those conditions can harden prejudice rather than reduce it.